55-year-old man shoots himself dead accidentally

Rajkot | Thursday | 6th September, 2018

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On the fateful night, he and his friends — Tar Mamad and Gul Mohammed — were target shooting at his farm, when the accident occurred. “When Malek was checking the can, he accidentally pressed the trigger of the revolver he was holding in his hand. Malek was rushed to a private hospital in Rajkot but died shortly after admission,” said an official of Kalawad taluka police station.Malek had a licence for his revolver. RAJKOT: A man accidentally shot and killed himself while target shooting at Chhatargam in Kalwad taluka of Jamnagar district on Tuesday night.Police said the victim, Hanif Malek (55), had gone to check the can he was using as a target, to see if he had struck his mark. The bullet went through his head..